Michel de montaigne

Montaigne’s essays chart the course of twenty years of self-investigation, Jane Kramer writes.

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Since Montaigne adopted the term "essay" in the 16th century, this slippery form has resisted any sort of precise, universal definition.

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Montaigne invented the essay genre after deciding he wanted to write a literary self-portrait of himself. This turned out to be an impossible task.

Michel de Montaigne Essays? What exactly are they and what genre do they fit into and why do we care? I think in the quest for self enlightenment and education, it's imperative we expose ourselves (not literally, but literarily - *grin*) to all forms of literature and ideas. Surprisingly, when I first started thinking about the idea of essays, I went on line and found very little. The search for essay brought up scores of hits on how to write an essay. I grabbed my newish 2003 World book…

Quoting Literature on Instagram: ““He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.” - Michel de Montaigne”

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“To lament that we shall not be alive a hundred years hence, is the same folly as to be sorry we were not alive a hundred years ago.”

Michel de Montaigne, French humanist writer and thinker, 1533-1592. "Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head", "the most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness", and, most famously: "Que sais-je?" (What do I know?) Image from the Wellcome Collection. #micheldemontaigne #philosopher #16thcentury #writer #thinker #essayist #quotation #humanism #quesaisje #philosophe #historianadesigns

Michel de Montaigne quote about victory from The Essays of Michel de Montaigne: “There are defeats more triumphant than victories.”

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